GUNDAM W

OVA SERIES 2

Episode 2 THE BATTLE THAT SHOOK THE EARTH

Wufei began to think he had underestimated his foe. Heero was fighting with a determination he had never seen before. He realized that it must have been the Zero System, giving him the strength he needed, feeding from both from his fears and his memories. But it seemed as though Heero had gone beyond the Zero System. As it was, Wufei had been submerged in the controlling power of the System, but he had never felt anything like what he was feeling from his strong opponent.

They suddenly stopped, Wufei breaking the battle above the earth for only a moment, both the taunt Heero and to plan out a new strategy. "I see you have become a formidable foe Heero," he enticed, "Almost as strong as me. But your weaknesses will be your end. Queen Relena has taught you emotion, she taught you love, and that, my friend, will be your end. To have emotion is a weakness, and weaklings must not be allowed to fight. They let their emotions get in the way of their battles."

Heero just stared at him, letting his every word burn deep inside of him, letting the Zero System take control of it, conforming it to his will. " So I must ask you," Wufei continued, "Are you doing the right thing?"

Heero felt a sudden rush of adrenaline, hatred, and confusion. "What?!?" he barely had time to answer when his adversary launched his Dragon Fangs at him, both arms unfurling in a flurry of anger. Heero quickly maneuvered out of the way and raised his twin Beam Cannon. He fired three shots at Nataku, but never registered a hit anywhere on the Gundam. "Damn!" Heero shouted as he brought out his two beam sabres. He spun around Nataku's backside and slashed violently with one while cutting underneath with the other.

Wufei blocked the upper slash, but completely missed the lower cut. Heero made a direct hit on the battle scarred mobile suit. He hit the Gundam's power generator, exactly what he was aiming for. Nataku flipped over continuously until Wufei gained control of his stabilizers.

" You have proved yourself worthy in battle once more, Heero Yuy," Wufei said, his voice shaking from his vibrating Nataku, " But Queen Relena will die, I assure you. And in her place will rise a new OZ Federation, stronger than the last. And remember, my old friend, with death comes strength. With strength comes power. And with power, comes justice."

Wufei watched Heero's face, his non-emotional face, for the last time. "Nataku…I have failed you." With that, the Gundam exploded in a flash of fire and metal. Heero stood his ground, watching his former friend and Gundam pilot die. He let his words sink deep in his mind. "…a new OZ…stronger that the last…" He closed his eyes, losing himself deep within the Zero System. He was thinking, searching for an answer to the mystery. Suddenly he heard a scream.

"HEEROOOOOOOO!!!!"

"Relena!" Heero shouted, his eyes shooting open. He turned Wing Gundam towards earth and quickly headed for the Peacecraft Mansion, towards his home, towards Relena…

PREVENTER'S H-Q, JORDAN CITY—3:04 PM

Lady Une, leader of the new OZ, walked down the corridor of the underground center as fast as she could. Finally she reached the Main Control room. She pressed her hand to the palm scanner and burst through the doors.

"What is so urgent Commander?" she asked, evidently in a poor mood. " Mam," the Commander replied, obviously nervous," the Gundam Nataku has just vanished off the map. We've tried modifying our scanning radius and he doesn't seem to be there. We have reason to believe that Gundam pilot 01 destroyed him."

"Damn it!" Lady Une said. She had had experience with this Heero Yuy before, and she knew that he was not a pilot to be reckoned with. "Even with the new Zero System imbedded into that Gundam, Wufei still failed…" she thought. The officer interrupted her thoughts.

"Mam," he started, " we are currently tracking pilot 01 and he has just re-entered earth's atmosphere. He seems to be heading towards Lady Relena's estate."

Lady Une let this sudden twist of fate sink in for a moment. "How could this have happened?" She stood there, staring blankly at the giant screen before her, watching the flashing "01" that was Heero fly quickly across the screen.

"Mam?…mam?" Une turned back to the Commander-in-Chief. "Mam," he continued, " how do we deal with this situation?"

She thought for a moment, then turned back to the officer. "Send a back-up squadron of Taurus Mobile Dolls to the site immediately." She paused for a second. "And Commander…"

"Yes Lady?" he asked in reply.

" Don't fail me again", she said, a firm sense of anger and confusion in her voice as she turned back to the screen watching "01" stop in a sudden location.

TO BE CONTINUED…